Actress Kate Hudson says her son Ryder’s baby days are officially over. How does she know? Her 6-year-old developed a bit of a crush on her Nine co-star Penelope Cruz.

“He’s a boy, the baby has become a boy. He goes, ‘I saw Penelope in the lobby today,’” Kate tells Extra. “And I went, ‘Penelope?’ I would see him look at Penelope and you could see that he definitely recognized what a beautiful woman she is.”

The Almost Famous star says Ryder, her son with her ex Chris Robinson, is growing up in other ways, too. For example, public smooches from mom are suddenly a source of embarassment.

“Now I get at 6, already, he’s like, ‘Mommm, stop!’ Kissing is a little…Kissing him in front of his [friends], he’s starting to be like, ‘Mommm…’”

At least once a day something happens that makes me think about how quickly my almost 4-year-old is growing up. Thankfully I can still get away with kisses, though!

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